Thaindian News

New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Congress Friday said the central government should give full support to the states in their anti-Maoist operations to “regain control over the territory” occupied by the rebels and then launch developmental work in the areas.
The civil administration must be restored and development works like roads, hospitals, water and electricity should be initiated in the Maoist-affected areas, mostly dominated by the tribals, the party said.

“Our approach will succeed and must succeed. They have achieved success,” Congress spokesman Abhishek Manu Singhvi told reporters.

“This is the time to stand by our paramilitary forces” and the party believes “we shall overcome and we will overcome”, he added.

“All those who believe in the Indian constitution and the idea of India must strongly condemn the attack,” Singhvi said.

Singhvi said Left-wing extremism has been sought to be expanded in different districts in India.

He also said that tribals in Maoist-affected areas are not supporting the rebels and the few who were doing so are terrified of the Maoists.

He accused the Maoists of exploiting the poverty and backwardness in states, particularly in areas dominated by the tribals, and of practicing inhuman brutality.

On Tuesday, Maoists massacred 75 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel and a Chhattisgarh policeman in a Bastar forest, the worst Maoist assault since the insurgency began more than four decades ago.